Mantis shrimp eye inspires camera that senses colour and polarization

Researchers have taken inspiration from the eye of the mantis shrimp to develop an ultra-sensitive camera that can sense colour and polarization.
Mantis shrimp (Credit: Michael Bok, University of Lund)The bioinspired imager can potentially improve early cancer detection and help provide a new understanding of underwater phenomena, said researchers from the University of Illinois.
“The animal kingdom is full of creatures with much more sensitive and sophisticated eyes than our own,” s